Saturday, March 21, 2015

Arkansas State, Vanderbilt undefeated through two rounds of SBL Championship

Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin will face off in thethird round of the SBL Championship.Photo b y Robert H KellyCopyright 2015 All Rights Reserved.

By Robert H KellyCopyright 2015 TexSport PublicationsHOUSTON, TEXAS (March 21, 2015) Day one of the Southland Bowling League Championship was
contested at Del-Mar Lanes in Houston on Saturday, March 21, 2015 and saw No. 1
Arkansas State and No. 3 Vanderbilt advancing to the third round, both having
defeated their first and second round opponents to remind undefeated. In the
first round, Arkansas State downed No. 8 seed Louisiana Tech by the score of
4-1 (264-156, 147-187, 189-178, 204-166, 212-199) while Vanderbilt took down
Tulane 4-1 (157-126, 168-149, 176-186, 199-161, 204-142).

The second round found Valparaiso eliminating Louisiana Tech
4-2 (215-181, 197-210, 191-195, 185-159, 237-174, 244-135). SFA also sent
Tulane home with their second loss of the day by the score of 4-3 (156-169,
202-190, 202-174, 173-174, 189-183, 181-200, 214-202).

The third round, which kicks off at 2:30 p.m. CDT on
Saturday, March 21 will see the two undefeated teams, Arkansas State and
Vanderbilt, facing off. The four teams who stand at 1-1 will bowl, with the
losers going home. The consolation bracket consists of Valparaiso facing
Monmouth and SFA facing SHSU.

Arkansas State is currently ranked number three in the
nation by the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) poll. SFA is ranked
fifth nationally in the poll, with Vanderbilt ranked sixth and defending NCAA
champion Sam Houston is ranked seventh.

Semi-final and final matches will be contested on Sunday,
March 22 beginning at 9:30 a.m. CDT.